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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
I'm currently reading all the The Iliad books from Homer(us) It's really fat but reads well. Pure art; so beautiful to read.  link![[image loading]](http://images.bestwebbuys.com/muze/books/88/9780143059288.jpg) I just finished this book - questions about the brain. ![[image loading]](http://www.managementboek.nl/images/boeken/9789055945306.gif) And my next read will be: A Brother's Journey, by Richard Pelzer. link. It's about the brother of bestselling Dave Pelzer. They both experienced extreme misfortune in their childhood in the form of abuse. ![[image loading]](http://www.authorsden.com/ArticlesImage/17602.jpg) | ||
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Kaolla
China2999 Posts
movies ftw -_- | ||
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fuglyfrog
United States521 Posts
Just finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind | ||
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TeCh)PsylO
United States3552 Posts
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New Zealand6138 Posts
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On August 11 2007 18:22 TeCh)PsylO wrote: I'm reading D-Day, but Stephen Ambrose. ooh I'm busy on that too.. but reading too much so I put it on hold for a bit :D | ||
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JensOfSweden
Cameroon1767 Posts
I am also reading a book on american history and the wheel of time- series in english. | ||
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Storchen
Sweden4385 Posts
I can't stop thinking about that book. I didn't enjoy reading about all the gore and inhumanity yet I kept on reading it. Very fascinating book. | ||
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
Just finished The Alphabet of Manliness. Oh, just started reading Spook, too. Did you guys know that "ectoplasm" specimens are preserved by a state library? And other fun facts.. | ||
mrmin123
Korea (South)2971 Posts
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
Just bought it in Vienna, reading a little on vacation. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
I read anywhere from 1-40 pages a day, one day a week, it's a great book but I just have ADD | ||
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Stygg
Sweden1100 Posts
On August 11 2007 18:38 Storchen wrote: Just read American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. I can't stop thinking about that book. I didn't enjoy reading about all the gore and inhumanity yet I kept on reading it. Very fascinating book. One of the best books I've read actually. Parts of it are so funny that I almost wet my pants laughing. I just love how Bateman gradually goes more and more insane and does the weird shit he does. And Easton Ellis writes in a mesmerizing way. | ||
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ReTrooper
Germany526 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
Er wait I just finished Sangatsu Nanoka | ||
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Oak
South Africa114 Posts
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. White Noise by Don Delillo. The Mind's I, by duel editors I cannot remember. | ||
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Vin{MBL}
5185 Posts
The Tipping point Wide Sargasso Sea | ||
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sundance
Slovakia3201 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11577 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.lspace.org/ftp/images/bookcovers/good-omens.jpg) Now I'm reading Actual Innocence by by Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, and Jim Dwyer ![[image loading]](http://www.justicedenied.org/books/wc/actual%20innocence.jpg) | ||
NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
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iaretehnoob
Sweden741 Posts
(ugh, I've read books 3 - 5 in the last 2 weeks already and each book is about a thousand pages thick) I'm also flipping through "The Mathematics of Poker" and "Shader X5". | ||
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Last.Midnight
Australia903 Posts
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Frits
11782 Posts
Au Pair - By Willem Frederik Hermans, a great dutch writer. Basically about a girl that is going to study in France and sees all kinds of crazy shit there. It has some pretty funny moments. I'm only about 150~ pages in yet or so. But it's definately a good book. | ||
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sushiman
Sweden2691 Posts
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dupek
Switzerland214 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:16 Last.Midnight wrote: I just finished Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. I'm not much of a reader at all, this is probably the first book I've ever read willingly. I watched the movie right after, and now I finally understand why people moan that the book beats the movie. The movie just feels so fucking short having read and experienced the book. I'm definitely going to continue reading now. It's good. If you like it, read Filth from the same author. You will like it! The plot centres on Bruce Robertson, a Scottish police officer. He is a sex-obsessed, misanthropic man driven by his intense hatred. With cravings for cocaine, a pleasure for "the games" - Bruce's euphemism for the myriad foul plots he hatches directed at workmates - and sexual abuse of the women in his life, Bruce is an anti-hero | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/200px-Clash_civilizations.jpg/150px-200px-Clash_civilizations.jpg) and ![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K9D883MDL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg) and | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:30 sushiman wrote: Been alternating a bit between Tale of two cities by Dickens, and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. TM&M is absolutely brilliant. The Master and Margarita is one of my favorite literature books On August 11 2007 18:19 fuglyfrog wrote: Lollita by Vladimir Nabokov Just finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind What do you think of Lolita so far? I found it pretty interesting and disgusting On August 11 2007 18:09 Beyonder wrote: Hoping to find some interesting books, so please describe some and perhaps a picture if you can. :D I'm currently reading all the The Iliad books from Homer(us) It's really fat but reads well. Pure art; so beautiful to read. linkIliad was my favorite book when I was younger. I wonder if it's any better when you read it when you are older. I remember that I loved the story telling when I was 12. Very compelling book and reads very fast, because you just don't want to stop On August 11 2007 20:50 NeoIllusions wrote: A Game of Thrones That's the book by George SSR Martin right? Song of Ice and Fire? Think I read that too when I was little, much better than Tolkien and Terry Goodkind  | ||
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sc0rchedst0rm
Ireland176 Posts
One of my favorite books is "Good Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman, I noticed someone mentioned it further up. | ||
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brian
United States9617 Posts
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.inspector-wallander.org/mysteries/white-lioness/products/book-en-vintage-1400031559-large.jpg) I'm currently reading the Wallander series from Henning Mankell. Quite a good read actually | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
soon to be added: ![[image loading]](http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/%7BC177718E-5056-4691-A7CD-040FE1D00753%7DImg100.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.numilogebooks.com/package/couvertures/mobi_images/LadiesAndGentlemenOfTheJury.jpg) | ||
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NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:46 {ToT}Strafe wrote: That's the book by George SSR Martin right? Song of Ice and Fire? Think I read that too when I was little, much better than Tolkien and Terry Goodkind Indeed. Hot_Bid brought it over two weeks ago, I'm slowly getting through it. | ||
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Bonfirewolf.jpg) Kinda stuck at p. 3xx tho | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Cpt Obvious
Germany3073 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/tolkienchildren.jpg) currently reading: ![[image loading]](http://wychian.free.fr/images/Digital%20Fortress.jpg) and ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n2798.jpg) after that scheduled is the second part in the series "A Song of Fire and Ice": ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n1/n7769.jpg) Tolkien's Children of Húrin is recommended, although being published by his far less talented son Christopher, it is a good read. Digital Fortress didn't really get me hooked, although I plan on finishing it, and be it only to be able to claim that I read all his books. A Game of Thrones is even better than I have been promised by the fantasy-loving part of our beloved IRC-channel, I highly recommend everyone to read it if you have the slightest of interests in fictional literature. The second part of the 4-part sequel is the logical choice for the next book then. I just hope I can finish them all before classes start in a couple of weeks ^^; | ||
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On August 11 2007 22:30 oneofthem wrote: some representationalist papaers, although i dont have access to the academic sources right now, a pain in the ass. vpn into your school network and access the sites~~ | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
Pretty insane stuff, Please let me know if you know of any similar books ![[image loading]](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/165251719_7973acc084.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/houseofleaves/house%20leaves%20final.jpg) | ||
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CC Rider
289 Posts
![[image loading]](http://marketplace.publicradio.org/i/news/b_consumed_barber.jpg) Consumed by Benjamin Barber, a nonfiction book about capitalism and consumerism and advertising and marketing. ![[image loading]](http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/10090000/10090082.jpg) End of Faith, a nonfiction book about religion from an atheist's perspective. ![[image loading]](http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/jackets/258H/9780312874568.jpg) Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance, an excellent science fiction book about the earth many billions of years into the future when the sun is old and red and going to go out at any minute. He makes the setting really cool, it's very realistic in that what happened in the books is actually what could happen on earth: science became so advanced, and then in various disasters each civilization that had risen and triumphed eventually fell, and so the people had access to these "ancient" (to them) tools and weapons and items that were normal science to the people that made them, but were so advanced that to the Dying Earth people who didn't understand them, they were indistinguishable from magic. and so there are people known as magicians and sorcerors and there are magical talismans and amulets and stuff, and all the characters really believe this is magic, but the author and the reader know it's just really advanced science from our future and the book's setting's past. Vance is an awesome writer, in fact the great George RR Martin, whose excellent series A Song of Ice and Fire has been rightly mentioned, said that Vance is one of his favorite writers and one of his big influences. | ||
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Cpt Obvious
Germany3073 Posts
I also recommend reading the Perry Rhodan series when you have a couple of years to spare. | ||
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LazySCV
United States2942 Posts
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CC Rider
289 Posts
On August 11 2007 23:53 Cpt Obvious wrote: Thanks alot CC Rider, now I know what's next after A Song of Fire and Ice, since originally I've been a bigger fan of Science Fiction than of those ancient history knight tales ^^. I also recommend reading the Perry Rhodan series when you have a couple of years to spare. Cool! Haha people always take my suggestion to read Vance when I mention what GRRM said about him  . I should mention I like the books by Vance that I read before Dying Earth, called the Demon Princes, a little more than Dying Earth. If I were to recommend a Vance book it would be that. There are five novels in the Demon Princes series, the first one is called The Star King. Demon Princes is a much more standard sci-fi setting than Dying Earth, it takes place out in space in a galactic civilization. Really cool stories about this guy named Gersen who is out for revenge against the five Demon Princes, who aren't really demons but are super-powerful intergalactic crime lords who fucked his planet over and hes one of the few survivors. Each of the 5 books is him tracking down and killing one of the 5 demon princes. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On August 11 2007 23:35 thedeadhaji wrote: yea i know, the library fucked up my access code so i have to fix that. vpn into your school network and access the sites~~ | ||
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Nickisonfire
United States440 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f2xhsXaHL._SS500_.jpg) I think I'm reading either, ![[image loading]](http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/len.jpg) or finishing up (about 1/3 left) ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c2/c10984.jpg) | ||
TheMango
United States1967 Posts
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azndsh
United States4447 Posts
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b_unnies
3579 Posts
thriller/espionage type of books | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
Dante's Divine comedy only read inferno and beginningof purgatorio Started the odyssey. In the middle of War and Peace and the call of cthulu by h.p. lovecraft. Need to finish one book completly sheesh. | ||
lilsusie
3861 Posts
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MoNKeYSpanKeR
United States2869 Posts
If you are intersted in space, science, computers or conspiracy. You s hould read these books. His books have themes like that, Deception Point - Involves space the ocean and fun to read, imo. Only if your itnersted in that stuff. Digital Fortress - Interesting to read, has to do with computer hacking and codes, with a most entertaining storyline, once again imo. Angels & Demons - Religious rituals conspiracy, this book was amazing to read, it deosn't preach religious views, it just throws stuff out there, i enjoyed it very very much. Similiar to the Da Vinci Code. I personally beleive it was better, contained more action, and had a better storyline, can't wait for the movie The Da Vinci Code - Who doens't know about this? Great book. | ||
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
I'm not the biggest reader, in all honestly. It takes a lot for me to get into a book, but once it has me, I won't put it down (much) until I'm finished. I also go through reading spurts. I won't read a single book for a couples months, and then I'll read 3-4 in 1-2 days. I just need to get into the habit of doing it more often. | ||
Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
http://www.readinggenius.tv/?microppcsite=redirectµppcterm=RGcom | ||
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aeronexus
United States392 Posts
Recently finished Dan Simmons' Ilium and Olympos duo, which were pretty amazing pieces of sci-fi... also the Star Wars: X-Wing series (all 9 lol; fun reads, albeit lacking in substance) Next up are the third and fourth books in Simmons' Endymion series, and my calculus textbook | ||
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MoNKeYSpanKeR
United States2869 Posts
I might check out the Bourne Identity series. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On August 12 2007 15:01 MoNKeYSpanKeR wrote: If you liked the Da Vinci Code i susgst books by dan brown, one of the few authors i liked, his books have similiar endings, but they are fun to read none the less, for me anyway, i small time frame which they take place in, and how all the actions hit fast and the excess of detail. Angels and Demons was better then The DaVinci Code, imo (It's the prequal to davinci code.) If you are intersted in space, science, computers or conspiracy. You s hould read these books. His books have themes like that, Deception Point - Involves space the ocean and fun to read, imo. Only if your itnersted in that stuff. Digital Fortress - Interesting to read, has to do with computer hacking and codes, with a most entertaining storyline, once again imo. Angels & Demons - Religious rituals conspiracy, this book was amazing to read, it deosn't preach religious views, it just throws stuff out there, i enjoyed it very very much. Similiar to the Da Vinci Code. I personally beleive it was better, contained more action, and had a better storyline, can't wait for the movie The Da Vinci Code - Who doens't know about this? Great book. Yeah i personally liked angels and demons better than da vinci code. | ||
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knyttym
United States5797 Posts
Finished The Great Gatsby a few days ago, Frankenstein Yesterday, and Oedipus Cycle like a week ago. Now I'm reading Heart of Darkness. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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NotSorry
United States6722 Posts
(Diablo book series) | ||
micronesia
United States24671 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YBVGVV19L._SS500_.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.mobipocket.com/eBooks/cover_remote/ID269/JoyofGaySex.jpg) + Show Spoiler + One of those isn't true | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On August 12 2007 15:59 micronesia wrote: pfft physics >_> | ||
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micronesia
United States24671 Posts
Awesome book. And physics is also awesome. There is no excuse for not agreeing with me. + Show Spoiler + Actually there would be if you explained yourself. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:18 micronesia wrote: Awesome book. And physics is also awesome. There is no excuse for not agreeing with me. + Show Spoiler + Actually there would be if you explained yourself. How do you know it's an awesome book if you haven't read it? + Show Spoiler + I like physics too. just joking around with ya | ||
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TheMango
United States1967 Posts
On August 12 2007 15:06 MoNKeYSpanKeR wrote: if you know of any books similiar to those i listed, please let me know, i would love to find a new author to read. I might check out the Bourne Identity series. Neal Stephenson, more specifically Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon | ||
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micronesia
United States24671 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:22 infinity21 wrote: How do you know it's an awesome book if you haven't read it? + Show Spoiler + I like physics too. just joking around with ya I've read over 50% of it so I think that's a fair amount to judge the book off of. It addresses a lot of issues that are important but rarely addressed (actually a big problem in the world of physics). | ||
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IIICodeIIIIIII
China1101 Posts
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:27 micronesia wrote: I've read over 50% of it so I think that's a fair amount to judge the book off of. It addresses a lot of issues that are important but rarely addressed (actually a big problem in the world of physics). lol micro sry if you didn't get my joke. I was saying that you didn't read the physics book and read the gay one instead | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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b_unnies
3579 Posts
On August 12 2007 15:07 Ilikestarcraft wrote: Yeah i personally liked angels and demons better than da vinci code. same also liked angels and demons more than da vinci, i didnt like Digital Fortress much though | ||
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
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MaGnIfIcA
Norway2312 Posts
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InFiNitY[pG]
Germany3474 Posts
On August 11 2007 20:50 NeoIllusions wrote: A Game of Thrones same here | ||
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:50 Naib wrote: Bey, didn't they make you read the Iliad @ school? Wow, education in other countries sure isn't the same as it's here... Not 600 pages of it. | ||
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s4rk
Philippines137 Posts
I'm required to read this for philosophy class. An interesting read, since he bashes a lot of other philosophers | ||
GTR
51439 Posts
I have to study it as a book for English :D | ||
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micronesia
United States24671 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:47 infinity21 wrote: lol micro sry if you didn't get my joke. I was saying that you didn't read the physics book and read the gay one instead What is that, Canadian humor? How on Earth was I supposed to figure that out? | ||
jhNz
Germany2762 Posts
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17yearLocust
United States30 Posts
Demons by Daylight by J. Ramsey Campbell Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski I couldn't bne bothered to look up pics, sry. | ||
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Lord.of.Nukes
United Kingdom226 Posts
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, by Thomas C. Foster. Summer reading. >_< It's supposed to be a friendly and engaging textbook but Foster riddles it with sweeping generalizations and numerous logical fallacies which really detracts from one's ability to know what information is useful and what is rubbish. I think I'll be safe if I disregard most of the book because it's not amazingly insightful anyways, it just reiterates what English teachers have taught over the years but with many more words and examples limited to the same ten authors every time a point is made. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling. I feel I won't finish this book because the first 400 pages has just been three teenagers roaming aimlessly across the countryside, pissing and moaning in a tent. Virtually all of the mythology has been replaced with ridiculous emotional traumas, I've no desire to continue at this point. I have a large stack of books I intend to read at some point but whenever I get a chance to start reading one, I end up play StarCraft or some other video game instead. XD | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/murakami/images/kafka_on_the_shore.jpg) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ![[image loading]](http://www.libraries-archives.gov.mt/frak/2006_january/images/cloud_atlas.jpg) Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov ![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31MQDWEXAGL._AA180_.jpg) | ||
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L!MP
Australia2067 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
. Reading vol 2 atm. all japanese ;; | ||
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HaXxorIzed
Australia8434 Posts
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Koldblooded
United States661 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
On August 12 2007 16:49 infinity21 wrote: Back on topic, I bought the Wheel of Time series 1-9 but haven't started yet. Is it good? Depends who you ask, and which book you mean. Books 1-5 are awesome, 6-8 blow ass, 9 is good again, 10 and 11 made me want to stab myself b/c nothing happened | ||
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ViRii
United States826 Posts
Shadow of the Xel'naga by Gabriel Mesta and I have the third book in the series when i finish that. Anyone know what order the books go in though? | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On August 12 2007 23:35 KOFgokuon wrote: Depends who you ask, and which book you mean. Books 1-5 are awesome, 6-8 blow ass, 9 is good again, 10 and 11 made me want to stab myself b/c nothing happened Isn't Jordan terminally ill now or something? Writing what shall be the final book of the series? So basically for the lack of things that happened in books 10 and 11...they are sure to happen in the final book. Unless Jordan wants to be cruel. | ||
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OrderlyChaos
United States1115 Posts
Actually a re-read, but still well worth it. | ||
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Jathin
United States3505 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
On August 13 2007 00:04 Smurg wrote: Isn't Jordan terminally ill now or something? Writing what shall be the final book of the series? So basically for the lack of things that happened in books 10 and 11...they are sure to happen in the final book. Unless Jordan wants to be cruel. ya he's terminally ill, i forgot with what, and i don't feel like going on wikipedia. he's planning on finishing it all up with this last book..but there's so much story left. i guess i won't post spoilers since people haven't read it yet..but they have so much left to wrap up | ||
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goldrush
Canada709 Posts
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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IntoTheWow
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Latham
9560 Posts
This is basically a collab of the best science-fiction stories from the year of 1984. This particular book (There are a lot more from many different years) features the following stories: 1) The Picture Man by John Dalmas 2) Cash Crop by Connie Willis 3) We Remember Babylon by Ian Watson (note: I absolutely love this author.. I read more then 5 of his other books, all great) 4) What Makes Us Human by Stephen R. Donaldson 5) Salvador by Lucius Shepard 6) Press Enter by John Varley 7) The Aliens That Know, I Mean, Everything by Geogre Allec Effinger 8) Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler 9) The Coming of the Goonga by Gary W. Shockley 10) Medra by Tanith Lee Overall a fun read. | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
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geometryb
United States1249 Posts
it was school reading that i never did so i'm going back and reading it now. it's a fun book with lots of sex puns and religion bashing. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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defenestrate
United States579 Posts
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Unforgiven_ve
Venezuela1232 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11577 Posts
Then I'm going to read High Fidelity by Nick Horny ![[image loading]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1573225517.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif) | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On August 13 2007 09:07 KOFgokuon wrote: I also just finished reading this and the rest of the series Knaak is a wonderful author. The best book I have read by him was a short story he wrote in the dragonlance series involving a haunted castle. It is extremely entertaining. ON another note, There is a dragonlance movie being made: http://imdb.com/title/tt0825245/ (Credited cast) Michael Rosenbaum ... Tanthalas 'Tanis' Half-Elven (voice) Kiefer Sutherland ... Raistlin Majere (voice) Lucy Lawless ... Goldmoon (voice) Fred Tatasciore ... Flint Fireforge/Fewmaster Toede (voice) Michelle Trachtenberg ... Tika (voice) Rino Romano ... Caramon Majere (voice) Jason Marsden ... Tasslehoff Burrfoot (voice) Neil Ross ... Fizban The Fabulous (voice) Marc Worden ... Sturm Brightblade (voice) Phil LaMarr ... Riverwind/Gilthanas (voice) | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
The Harry Potter series (finished 7 when it came out, so im rereading it all for a retrospective look. just started 4 now) | ||
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Phantom
Canada2151 Posts
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Vigilante
United States130 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.survivalarts.com/images/book_cover_front_1984_blog.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/3/31/Atlas_shrugged_cover.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.turtletrader.com/images/fountainhead.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WKWV3RHNL.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://objectivist.union.rpi.edu/0451147952_l.gif) | ||
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CustomXSpunjah
United States1093 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/37/410/523/0374105235.jpg) an excellent book, by the first page i was almost brought to tears | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On August 13 2007 12:05 fusionsdf wrote: Knaak is a wonderful author. The best book I have read by him was a short story he wrote in the dragonlance series involving a haunted castle. It is extremely entertaining. ON another note, There is a dragonlance movie being made: http://imdb.com/title/tt0825245/ (Credited cast) Michael Rosenbaum ... Tanthalas 'Tanis' Half-Elven (voice) Kiefer Sutherland ... Raistlin Majere (voice) Lucy Lawless ... Goldmoon (voice) Fred Tatasciore ... Flint Fireforge/Fewmaster Toede (voice) Michelle Trachtenberg ... Tika (voice) Rino Romano ... Caramon Majere (voice) Jason Marsden ... Tasslehoff Burrfoot (voice) Neil Ross ... Fizban The Fabulous (voice) Marc Worden ... Sturm Brightblade (voice) Phil LaMarr ... Riverwind/Gilthanas (voice) Haha that sounds nice. I liked the books. | ||
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b_unnies
3579 Posts
On August 13 2007 17:06 Ilikestarcraft wrote: Haha that sounds nice. I liked the books. oh nice, Kiefer Sutherland | ||
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BrutalMenace
United States1237 Posts
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BlaCha
Poland743 Posts
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Teamliquid.net | ||
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
On August 11 2007 20:50 NeoIllusions wrote: A Game of Thrones Have you played the boardgame based on those books ? Its great.I just finnished reading this book yesterday. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/SCDT_FirstBorn.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcraft:_Dark_Templar Im waiting for the sequel to be released in november. For being a book based on a computergame its actualy great Before that I was reading these three books: ![[image loading]](http://www.simonsays.com/assets/isbn/0743276639/BC_0743276639.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_minsky ![[image loading]](http://damaris.no/assets/the_god_delusion.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion ![[image loading]](http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/RESOURCE/MEDIA/IMAGES/bookcovers/Original/0141026928.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_chomsky I have to say that Richard Dawkins and Noam Chomsky are my two favorite non fiction writers. I realy enjoy their books and talks. Im thinking of reading one of these books next, any tips on which one I should start with or maybe any other interesting books in the same general subject ;e? + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Vigilante
United States130 Posts
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
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Cranefly
Germany184 Posts
imo "the hotel new hampshire" is the greatest book by him. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11577 Posts
On August 13 2007 16:33 CustomXSpunjah wrote: didnt read through the whole thread but if it already came up this is another reason to read it: an excellent book, by the first page i was almost brought to tears AMAZING BOOK! | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
Education Of A Felon - Eddie Bunker ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/x1/x5344.jpg) | ||
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[IrIs]YellOw
Sweden91 Posts
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BroOd
Austin10831 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/13060000/13066717.jpg) Finishing right now. Getting ready to read George RR Martin because Hot_Bid is a bully. | ||
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gLyo
United States2410 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.nothing.com/nada.jpg) Chuck Klosterman looks good though. Maybe I'll read something of his. Also, I never knew people read so much non-fiction. | ||
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BroOd
Austin10831 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
On August 13 2007 14:15 Vigilante wrote: Here's a few books I personally enjoyed that I'd recommend for pretty much everyone. Great recommendations... 1984 is probably one of my favorite books. | ||
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draeger
United States3256 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n29/n148421.jpg) Then ![[image loading]](http://halo.bungie.org/images/valentines_exile_amazon_cover.jpg) And just started ![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51usIaYjIPL._AA240_.jpg) I'm loving it, and I know I'm going to be sad after I finish Resolve, as the next book isn't due out until the summer of 08. I'll likely finish it (even though I'm only about 40 pages in ) a couple hours after I wake up. I'd continue reading now, but I'm beat.I'd recommend the series to anyone who likes Science-Fiction/Fantasy, or anyone who enjoys reading in general. The other books, in order are Way of the Wolf Choice of the Cat and Tale of the Thunderbolt | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
On August 12 2007 22:59 FrozenArbiter wrote: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've never heard anyone mention that book until now. If you want to discuss i'm here. There was a Murakami short story in the new yorker a few years back that's also good. His stories are like shinto-jungian esque, very good writer. | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
On August 12 2007 15:15 kNyTTyM wrote: I'm reading a couple of books for highschool which starts on Monday. Finished The Great Gatsby a few days ago, Frankenstein Yesterday, and Oedipus Cycle like a week ago. Now I'm reading Heart of Darkness. The Great Gatsby alone took me an entire semester, numerous papers, and a lot of will strength to finish | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
On August 18 2007 22:37 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: I'm reading this: "What are you reading right now?" Damn you !!!. | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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Tadzio
3340 Posts
![[image loading]](http://last-straw.net/wp-content/uploads/book-failed_states.jpg) The part I just finished reading was about US intervention in Kosovo, which is widely held in the intellectual west to be an "illegal but legitimate" action. According to these intellectuals, the action was legitimate because diplomatic avenues had been exhausted and further Serbian atrocities would've been witnessed had NATO not bombed promptly. Chomsky shows that there were still diplomatic actions available to Western powers in dealing with Milosovic and the Serbs, and that the Serbian atrocities, while bad, were made worse, not better, as the result of the bombings. As evidence to this assertion, Chomsky cites Milosovic's war crimes charges, as most of the atrocities he was charged with occurred after the NATO bombing. Chomsky also cites detailed studies: In the year leading up to the NATO bombings, 2000 people were killed in Kosovo as the result of conflicts between the Serbs and the KLA (Albanian guerrillas). According to Nicholas Wheeler's study (which happened to support the NATO bombing), only a disappointing 500 of these 2000 murders could be attributed to the Serbs. After the NATO bombing, as many as 800,000 Kosovars were forcibly deported, among other atrocities. Chomsky concludes that the NATO bombing of Kosovo was not a humanitarian action that happened to break international law, but a fully illegal action with no legitimate justifications, unless you ascribe to the belief that might makes right. He goes beyond this assertion to posit that the bombing wasn't even a failed attempt at humanitarian intervention, but was in fact "to assure 'the credibility of NATO,' meaning the United States". To further underline this point, Chomsky recalls that the US and NATO did not intervene in East Timor, where Indonesians were committing genocide in efforts to convince the Timorese to acquiesce to their annexation attempts. Chomsky implies that had the NATO bombing of Kosovo been done for humanitarian reasons, NATO should also have bombed Indonesia as a matter of principle. From the chapter's conclusion: "Few questions are more important today than the propriety of the use of force. No doubt one can imagine, perhaps even find, genuine cases of humanitarian intervention. But there is, always, a heavy burden of proof. And the historical record should give us pause. We might recall, for example, the observations of one of the major scholarly studies of humanitarian intervention. The author finds three examples of such intervention between the 1928 Kellogg-Briand pact outlawing war and the UN Charter in 1945: Japan's invasion of Manchuria and northern China, Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia, and Hitler's takeover of parts of Czechoslovakia. Not, of course, that he regards these as genuine examples, but rather that they were depicted as such, and evidence was provided, which, however grotesque, was regarded with some ambivalence-- and sometimes support-- by the United States and Britain. [...] It tends to support the measured judgment of the World Court, in 1949, that 'the Court can only regard the alleged right of intervention as the manifestation of a policy of force, such as has, in the past, given rise to the most serious abuses and such as cannot, whatever be the defects in international organization, find a place in international law ...; from the nature of things, [intervention] would be reserved for the most powerful states, and might easily lead to perverting the administration of justice itself.'" So that's what I'm reading. | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
Not bad. | ||
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~OpZ~
United States3652 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=58095 | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
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dancefayedance!~
396 Posts
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Woyn
United Kingdom1628 Posts
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MaGnIfIcA
Norway2312 Posts
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NonY
8748 Posts
48 Laws of Power After this I'll probably finish the d'Artagnan Romances by Dumas and start The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie I'm not sure where I'll go from there. My last major area of heavy reading was 19th century Russia. I'm thinking of going 20th century existentialism but the two can be somewhat related and I want a complete change of pace | ||
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garagumu
Philippines25 Posts
Pattern recognition: scifi Out of the noosphere: Outdoor mag articles, bought this on a discount store. Founders at work: interviews of startup founders Check out this site: http://www.librarything.com/ I use it mainly to keep track of the books I own (shameless plug here), and which of them I've not yet read/finished (too many...) http://www.librarything.com/catalog/garagumu | ||
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